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Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections Title: American creator: Abshear, Jeff creator: Bieler Press creator: Black Mesa Press creator: Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) creator: Buckner Press creator: Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 creator: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 creator: Ciardi, John, 1916-1986 creator: Clark, Tom, 1941- creator: Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 creator: D'Ambrosio creator: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993 creator: Dine, Jim, 1935- creator: Dobb, Edwin, 1950- creator: Dorn, Edward creator: Downing, Holly, 1948- creator: Duensing, Paul Hayden, 1929- creator: Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 creator: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence creator: Forché, Carolyn creator: Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951 creator: Gilgun, John creator: Hassler, Jon creator: Hirshfield, Jane, 1953- creator: Hermetic Press creator: Jacquet, Alain creator: Keenan, Deborah creator: Meltzer, David creator: Menhart, Oldřich, 1897-1962 creator: McCurdy, Michael creator: Midnight Paper Sales Press creator: Muir, John creator: Nawakum Press creator: Pomegranate Press creator: Sarton, May, 1912-1995 creator: Snyder, Gary, 1930- creator: Takis, 1925- creator: Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011 creator: Wagener, Richard creator: Washburn College creator: Welch, Lew creator: Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 creator: Wilson, John Identifier/Call Number: Physical Description: 1.46 Linear Feet1 box 2
Date (inclusive): 1923-2017 Abstract: This small collection includes some of the broadsides and examples of fine press and letterpress printing collected by USC Libraries Special Collections for its American Literature Collection. Storage Unit: 1 This small collection includes some of the broadsides and examples of fine press and letterpress printing collected by USC Libraries Special Collections for its American Literature Collection. Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Conditions Governing Use All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Preferred Citation [Box/folder no. or item name], American literature broadsidse collection, Collection no., Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California Subjects and Indexing Terms American literature -- 20th century -- Archival resources Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources Broadsides (notices) Ambition Tom Clark and Robert Creeley, #5 of 6. Blizzard 1986 May Sarton. William B. Ewert, Publisher. Calligraphy and Illustration by R.P. Hale. #39 of 50. Signed by the author. The Colonel 1981 By Carolyn Forche, Printed by the Bieler Press. Signed by the author. #186 of 250. D'Ambrosio 1983 Two broadsides by D'Ambrosio: The Book as an Art Form, Gual (#83 of 100). Both signed and dated by the artist. Exoticum 2017 Prospectus broadside for Exoticum: Twenty five Desert Plants from the Huntington Gardens, wood engravings by Richard Wagener, essay by Edwin Dobb, Mixolydian Editions, 2017. Includes two photographs of the book. Holy Bible: The Washburn College Bible 1979 Portfolio. 3
The Household on the Hill 1923 By Witter Bynner. Printed by Porter Garnett, Laboratory Press, Carnegie Institute of Technology. Jacquet 1964 Exhibition broadside for Alexander Iolas gallery, New York. A Kerosene Beauty 2017 One poem, Today, ANother Universe, from A Kerosene Beauty: Twelve Environmental Elegies, poetry by Jane Hirshfield, mezzotints by Holly Dowling, published by Nawakum Press. #12 of 30, signed by poet and artist. Also includes publication broadside. The Love Hunters 1981 By Jon Hassler, Hermetic Press. #? of 300. Maxiumum Ostentation 1984 By Edward Dorn. Printed by Black Mesa Press for Woodland Pattern Book Center. Signed by the author. My First Summer in the Sierra 1988 Publication broadside for JOhn Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Also includes 1 engraving and one leaf from Chapter 1; letter from publisher, Yolla Bolly Press, and a photograph of the book. Nanoa Knows 1964 March 25 Handwritten poem by Gary Snyder. Oldrich Menhart Manuscript 1949 1987 Printed by Robin Price in honor of the 50th anniversary of The Private Press & Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing. 17 Things You Need to Know as a Poet By John Gilgun. Signed on reverse. O My Love is Like a Rose 1997 By Robert Burns. Designed and printed by Gerald Lange at the Bieler Press. For Mary. #27 of 120. One for Rexroth circa 1965 By John Ciardi. Portrait of Kenneth Rexroth by Richard Diebenkorn. 4
Open Eye 1973 By Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Printed by The Pomegranate Press. Edition of 250 copies; this is unnumbered. A Poem for My Wife By David Meltzer. Maya Broadside Two. [Lew Welch poem] 1964 June 12 Signed by the poet. Sappho 1957 Translation by William Carlos Williams. Printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. The Song of the Border-Guard Poem by Robert Duncan; Design by Cy Twombly. Nicola Cernovich, Publisher, Black Mountain Graphics Workshop, Black Mountain College. Signed by Robert Duncan. Stringing the Last Circuit Under the House 1993 By John Wilson, lithogeraph by Jeff Abshear. Buckner Press, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Takis 1963 Exhibition broadside, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York. The Temple of Flora Publication broadside of The Temple of Flora: Twenty-eight drypoint-engravings by Jim Dine. Arion Press. Why Men Are Not Enough 1981 By Deborah Keenan. Hand-printed at Midnight Paper Sales Press in an edition of 300 copies; unnumbered. 5